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'''Al-Malikiyah''' ({{lang-ar|المالكية}} ''{{transl|ar|DIN|Al Mālikiyah}}'', {{lang-syc|ܕܪܝܟ}}, ''Dayrik'', {{lang-ku|Dêrika Hemko}}) is a small [[Syrian]] [[city]] and the center of an administrative [[Al-Malikiyah District|district belonging to Al-Hasakah Governorate]]. The district constitutes the northeastern corner of the country. The town is about 20km west of the [[Tigris]] river which defines the triple border between Syria, [[Turkey]] and [[Iraq]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), Al-Malikiyah had a population of 26,311 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of 108 localities with a combined population of 112,000 in 2004.<ref>[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-12-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. {{ar icon}}</ref> The population enjoys demographic and ethnic diversity that is characteristic of most of [[Al-Hasakah Governorate]]. The town is inhabited by [[Kurds]], [[Assyrian Chaldean people|AssyriansChaldeans]], [[Arabs]] and [[Armenians]].